Sportskeeda Football Awards 2016: Defender of the Year

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#6 Leonardo Bonucci (Reader's rank: 6 | Sportskeeda's rank: 6)

MILAN, ITALY - OCTOBER 22:  Leonardo Bonucci of Juventus FC in action during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Juventus FC at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on October 22, 2016 in Milan, Italy.  (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Getting better with age

Juventus' warrior-like defending is mainly down to Bonucci. The Italian has been showing his class throughout the year proved vital as Juventus somehow recovered from their poor start to the season and won the Scudetto.

Our readers clearly did not let that slip from their mind, and 5% voted for him in the pool. We at Sportskeeda also acknowledged his contribution to Juventus' winning the league title and the Coppa Italia.

Bonucci is one of the main reason why Buffon has more clean sheets this year than goal conceded. Buffon kept 23 clean sheets in 42 matches this season and Bonucci is responsible for at least half of them!

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